Anthriscus caucalis

Bur-chervil

Family: Apiaceae · Type: annual · Not Native

Bur-chervil is a naturalized annual found in the California Floristic Province and North Coast Ranges in generally shady places at elevations below 1,500 meters. Flowering from April to June, this plant produces small white flowers in delicate umbrella-like clusters with rays 1 to 2.5 centimeters long. Growing 45 to 100 centimeters tall with slender, branching stems, it has a spreading, open habit. Its finely dissected leaves are pinnately divided into narrow, obtuse segments 1 to 5 millimeters long, creating a delicate, lacy appearance. The fruit is a small ovoid structure approximately 4 millimeters long with a short beak.

Habitat: Generally shady places

Bloom period: Apr-Jun

Elevation: < 1500 m

Bioregions: CA-FP, MP

California counties: San Diego, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, San Bernardino, Orange, Riverside, Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Marin, Yolo, San Mateo, Sonoma, Tulare, Napa, Mendocino, Butte, San Francisco, Fresno, Monterey, Yuba, Mariposa, Kern, San Benito, Placer, Amador, Sutter, El Dorado, Calaveras, Alameda, Solano, Sacramento, Contra Costa, Tehama, Glenn, Shasta, Colusa, Santa Cruz, Lake, Humboldt, Siskiyou, Trinity, Ventura, Alpine, Merced, San Joaquin, Stanislaus

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.